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Celebrity Cruises Makes History with the First All-Female Sailing on International Women’s Day 2020
While progress has been made, the reality is that only 2% of the world’s mariners are women. But not at Celebrity Cruises. The modern luxury brand is leading the industry into a more diverse future with their bold initiatives to #BRIDGEthegap. (more…)
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Braemar cruising through the Corinth Canal
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines has confirmed that its 929-guest ship, Braemar, will be returning to the Corinth Canal in September 2022 for a third time, offering even more guests the opportunity to experience this record-breaking sailing. (more…)
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Scylla will launch a new expedition cruise brand, VIVA Cruises Expeditions, in summer 2021 with the SeaVenture sailing to Northern Europe and the Arctic. The Switzerland-based vessel management company owns and operates more than 30 riverboats for various brands, and has its own river brand in VIVA Cruises. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
Virgin Voyages announced their second ship will be called ‘Valiant Lady’ and that she will sail 7-night Mediterranean itineraries out of Barcelona, Spain when she debuts in May 2021. (more…)
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Pullmantur Cruises has announced the launch of a new edition of its Job Rotation program whereby employees work in another department for one month. Overseen by the company’s human resources department, the program was launched to foster training and development of employees, according Pullmantur Cruises President and CEO Richard Vogel. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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A mega-liner is heading to sea after mechanical issues stopped it near the mouth of Wellington harbour. The Ovation of the Seas – the largest cruise ship to regularly visit Wellington – came into trouble Monday evening. (stuff.co.nz)
Tags: Royal Caribbean International
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A Carnival cruise ship is at the center of a death investigation. The cruise line isn’t saying much, but they have confirmed that someone died on board the Carnival Horizon as it was returning to PortMiami Friday night. (miami.cbslocal.com)
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by Kevin Griffin
The latest announcement, following the demise of Pullmantur’s Croisières de France brand in 2017, is the establishment of another French cruising company, to be called Croisières Maritimes et Voyages. And around the same time Sea Cloud Cruises will introduce their third ship, the Sea Cloud Spirit. Elsewhere, St Hilda Sea Adventures in Scotland has now added a third ship to bring its fleet to three small ships. (more…)
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Qatar’s Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy (SC) has signed an agreement with MSC Cruises to charter two cruise liners to accommodate fans during the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022. (more…)
Tags: Dubai - United Arab Emirates - Bahrain - Qatar, MSC Cruises
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The cruise industry is an increasingly dominant player in the U.S. tourism sector according to a new study from Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA), the world’s largest cruise industry trade association. (more…)
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The Malta Tourism Authority in collaboration with Valletta Cruise Port supported the organisation of the prestigious CLIA’s Cruise360 conference last October, with over 120 guests including travel agents, travel media and other partners. (more…)
Tags: CLIA UK & Ireland, Global Ports Holding, Malta
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For 2020, Abercrombie & Kent has curated 13 family-friendly adventures on all seven continents, including a new family journey across China and expedition cruises from Iceland to Greenland and across the Southern Ocean to Antarctica. (more…)
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MSC Cruises through Kwazulu Cruise Terminal (KCT) yesterday (Nov.16) broke ground on the construction of the new world-class Durban Cruise Terminal in South Africa which is expected to be operational from January 2021. (more…)
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Plantours has announced that it will operate the Hamburg exclusively on marine gas oil starting Jan. 1, 2020, as required by IMO regulations. The 15,000-ton, 400-passenger Hamburg sails in Antarctica during the winter season, where HFO is banned, and is returning to Europe next spring. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
Tags: Plantours Kreuzfahrten
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A fundraiser to support Venice devastating flooding was organized by the Port Authorities. Pino Musolino, President of the Port of Venice sent a letter to all cruise lines calling to Venice, asking for their help and support. (crew-center.com)
Tags: Costa Cruises, Venice
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Amera, the first cruise ship anchored on Tunisian coasts since 2015, arrived on Thursday in the northern suburb of Tunis with 1,090 passengers. According to the port of La Goulette, this is the first cruise ship stopped on the Tunisian coasts since the terrorist attack of Bardo Museum in Tunis in 2015, in which 22 tourists were killed. (xinhuanet.com)
Tags: Goulette Shipping Cruise - Tunis
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The Sun Princess departed Perth on November 1 for a 12-night trip when the virus spread across the cabins. According to the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore, 229 passengers on board the ship had symptoms of the virus before everyone was evacuated on the final day of the trip in Singapore. (thesun.co.uk)
Tags: Norovirus / Gastrointestinal Outbreak, Princess Cruises
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